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Took the instructions from the Maersk train #10219 and Bricklink'd all in black, bought some waterslide decals from a local hobby shop and then modified it a bit to be a Norfolk Southern locomotive in our little city. Nothing special, but we added power functions and it runs great.

I really enjoyed building this with my son. The repetitive parts were quick and easy. The cockpit is a little small, but it works. The chess area is my favorite detail. We loved recreating scenes and making our own. The hidden compartment is also a nice touch. I still have my 7965 sealed so i can't compare the two. Overall, this is a great value at MSRP, better yet if you find it on sale. This is the most iconic ship in the galaxy with great playability, swoosh-ability, and display-ability. Awesome minifigs, too! http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Millennium-Falcon-75105-Building/dp/B00WI0PJE2

My almost 5 year old built this morning. He keeps transforming him into Bumblebee from Transformers Lego needs to get the license so it gets done properly unlike Kreo.

Lego store in OIrlando: Disney Springs, has 20% off many sets. Not just the ones online. In particular, in my opinion, the weak ones. Maybe it's a good indicator of what's selling and what isn't. Most all Chima and Ninjago, anything In City that has to do with water, both Deep Sea and boats. Arendale Castle was the only Disney Princess set I saw on sale. All the Pop stuff were the ones on sale in Friends. Most of the Elves. And usually one set in most everything else. Even Architect. But no sale in Scooby Doo. Series 7 mixels were $3.98. I only found 4 Tapsy's in the whole store. They still had the Cpt America GWP, And they were already giving out the passports.

My best friend is in town with his family. We hung out at the bay. Chloe and I sporting shades. Lincoln as well. Gave the lady a chance to snap some shots with her Christmas present finally..

Built Destiny's Bounty from a lot I bought after completing with BL, the $20 to replace Skales hurt. Also built the Big Bang Theory living room that I picked up on sale at LEGO Shop at Home.

Any builder understands the strife in trying to make something feel natural and organic. Thankfully some have been quite successful in these endeavors which lead back to the subject for this topic. One part akin to "advanced building techniques" and the other being "MOC highlights", I thought it might be interesting to have a central hub for showing off these designs of nature well as ways to create them if possible. A couple of designs here to start things off with hopefully more added as time goes by. Note: This is not only about trees but any sort of scene with beautiful creativity in all things flora just in LEGO form. Cherry blossoms by 片岡 ひろし Technical Tree

2 x Ant Man Final Battle at RRP

Lego is expensive because people are willing to pay the price, not because it creates jobs for people.

If it's a new minifigure parted out directly from a set, I make sure it's never assembled. I'll use a stock photo of the minifig from lego's site, or take a photo of a copy in my personal collection, and clearly note that the figure they're buying is not the instance pictured, but a brand new one, handled only through extracting from the original set and bagging for shipping, but no more than that. I'll usually use a smaller baggy for the accessories, placed inside the baggy with the minifig parts. Once a brick has locked in with another brick using friction, it can be considered a used product in my opinion.

Aren't we thinking the same with our investments? "Look at the values of those old version lego sets! We can make a fortune if we all make sure to have 100 copies of the new version in our stock rooms."

Your friendly local Porsche showroom should no doubt be able to hook you up with one next time you take the runabout in for a service too!

I think I did well today. Bought the following used sets paying €210. Both sets are in excellent condition, without box. 10227 UCS B-Wing 10231 Space Shuttle Expedition

yeah - and his band. going out on tour with dead &co next week - hope to catch some shows before phish tour starts.

I've never seen the educational sets go on sale... and honestly, they are over priced. I'm sure the lessons are good, but you'll get far more out of that suggested book than you will the extra material in the education packs.

It took me quite some time to figure this one out! My first association was GG=Green Grocer.

Toys R Us Memorial Day one-day sale. http://www.toysrus.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=053016slctgo&keywords=053016slctgo&origkw=053016slctgo&sr=1&ppg=96 A few sets 30% off, but nothing too exciting.

You don't need more than a couple m-motors if you have some trains. Do you have either the Fairground Mixer or Ferris Wheel? Those are great sets to use an introduction to motorizing ... If you have a train set, I also highly recommend you "borrow" the infrared sensor and remote control to use as a way to turn the motors on. With the way it steps through the speeds, you can teach them about torque: - At the lowest speed, the M motor doesn't have enough power to spin them very well. - At the highest speed, it's way too fast to be realistic but the sets can handle full speed unlike a train that will jump the rails. It also prevents the problem Phil B described since they won't be holding the battery box, they'll be holding the remote! Then from a lesson on torque and how easy it is to motorize something, you can move on to building a vehicle. Start with building a stand to motorize a single axle, and let them figure out how to mount it to vehicle chassis. The lego bricks with technic pin holes are great for this - better than the technic beams - since they can mix and match regular LEGO in their designs. These technic bricks are excellent for building a basic chassis. From there you can do lots of fun stuff... - Try to build a vehicle that spins both wheels on an axle. - Make a vehicle with tracks. - Build a different kind of amusement part ride. - Get them to pick something that moves to see if they can figure out how to motorize it. After that, if they are still engaged then the Mindstorms stuff is great since it allows you to use servos and motors! But it is far more advanced than basic motor with on/off and different speeds.

My point is there would be a lot more people buying retired LOTR sets if they produced some new material (new movie). Of course there are new releases, but they cannot remake everything. You are picking one set and applying your logic to all sets. No one is stupid enough to buy only copies of 1 set. Look at UCS R2-D2, X-wing, B-wing, etc. They are all doing great (above 10% cagr). Besides, who says 10188 will not increase in value anymore? It has only been retired for like 6 months. Most people hold sets for 2-3 years after retirement before selling.

My kids liked it, I thought it was pretty bad. Definitely one to forget... Their attempts at "adult humor" were so over the top that I didn't find them funny at all. Of course, it's possible some was lost in translation as we watched in French but still. Everyone tries to imitate The Simpsons for bits of humor that only adults will understand but nobody has ever succeeded to replicate it. At least the sets are very present in the movie... they should remain popular with the kids.

Proper unboxing and skim through manual video.

Amazon 75106 - Star Wars: Imperial Assault Carrier - $81.59 (37% off) 76026 - Super Heroes: Gorilla Grodd Goes Bananas - $36.05 (37% off)

I do like the newer skiff but the barge should be bigger in comparison. The original barge did seem to fall apart a little but it was better sized to the skiff. Also the plastic sails are lame compared to the fabric material of the old one. Should have merged the good things about each set. It is rare that a remake is not as good as an earlier model.

Here is a preview of the next series slated for Fall 2016.

I truly love how versatile Lego is. I will not post the whole thing here interested parties are welcome to visit the main page for this MOC: http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/429100 Briefly, this is another installation into a series of Technic models that use air for power. No PF functions: http://www.moc-pages.com/folder.php/198856 and uses a Lego turbine for function. All Lego. No modified or third-party elements. People have built functional turbines in the past, but, IMO none that have focused on looks at all. My attempt at least tries to resemble a real-looking turbine. Thanks for looking!

Picked up another Poe's X-wing from tesco for £45 with a club card boost.

Ok, I'll give you a pass .. today only!!

I'm blaming the sore arms on that one

I wouldn't say LEGO is looking at the reseller market and jacking up prices. I would say resellers and LEGO are both looking at the world and jacking up prices for "normal" sets. For me, I think LEGO is looking at the secondary market when it comes to their latest large offerings... realizing that there is money to be made for... For AFOLs who aren't into Star Wars UCS sets (or just into SW UCS) and have been clamoring for sets like GBHQ and Porsche 911 for a few years now. I think LEGO has been reacting in a pretty reasonable way.... Test the market with the Helicarrier, up the ante from the mixer with the ferris wheel, follow up the T1 with the Mini Cooper, recent Technic sets like the MKII and Volvo were well received so now we're getting the bucket wheel excavator Technic set which is a beast. They're slowly spreading their AFOL wings...

Stock photo. Description including reference to "stock photo used for illustrative purposes - actual item never assembled". Sold hundreds that way, never a single issue. Use a photo of the unassembled minifig as a pic#2 if you're concerned about including the "actual item" in a photo.

I'm in the "unassembled" camp as well. My policy is: to sell as "new" it should have never been assembled. I also do not stack bricks for shipment - everything is loose.

No, LOTR while extremely popular in some circles does not have nearly the amount of fans that Star Wars has, Star Wars is the juggernaut of success. To this day the original Star Wars film is still one of the highest grossing films of all time. Note that those newcomers you speak of also have new re-releases produced by lego to look into too. For instance who would have thought another Lego Death Star would be announced so close to the retirement of the last one?

6991 in Mass for sale 6/3!!!

I seem to sell faster with real photos of assembled figs. I ship figs unassembled with accessories in the same bag. I don't mention that figs are sent unassembled in my listings. As a buyer, I appreciate unassembled figs, but still choose based on price and feedback.

Funhouse is a modular ?

after watching the video and its steady stream of glum-faced TLG kladno minions assembling this masterpiece of toy packaging, i have to admit i'm in love with the box more than i am with the actual set.

Bought a 10175 UCS Vader Tie fighter for £250. Used with instructions but no box and missing three pieces that can be easily sourced. Very happy! Makes up for just missing out on a UCS Y wing

LEGO Technic Porsche 911 GT3 RS coming off.

Any remake that is less in overall build quality than a previous iteration is a fail in my book. Same can be said about the 7662 Trade Federation MTT from 2007 vs the 75058 MTT from 2014. Smaller, less faithful to the source, less impressive...

Exactly. This was the problem with the remake. When comparing it to the original sail barge, it sucked. Sure the figs were better but the barge itself was lackluster and didn't include the skiff and sarlacc pit like before.

Did anyone notice you can pre-order these at amazon.fr? For someone reason they are using the leaked image on the page: https://www.amazon.fr/Lego-Minifigures-6138972-Série-16/dp/B01E5L3YJI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464296941&sr=8-1&keywords=serie+16 It is already the number 1 selling construction toy and it's not even out yet

Agreed!

Finished this beauty over the weekend and it is very impressive build by the user Pvdb. It was a tricky build and you definitely should be proficient in building with Technic and have lots of experience as the instructions are not nearly as straight forward as TLG instructions. Here is the Koenigsegg One:1. More pictures, videos and info can be found here.

Jabba's Sail Barge 6210-bought used online :-)

I like it. It should pair very well with Rey's Speeder and make a nice combo.

I just wish this was a regular theme and not based in Friends crazy color world.

First Order Snow Speeder 75100

Absolutely. Now we wait for this new one to retire & then hope Lego doesn't release a 2-in-1 Ecto-1 where you build both cars & get all minifigures for $49.99...

Per this article, set to be released July 1st, $59.99 MSRP: https://www.yahoo.com/movies/new-female-powered-ghostbusters-lego-set-155945480.html To be honest, this demon thing looks great!